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"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (sometimes with Coming changed to Comin') is a Christmas song. It was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. It became an instant hit with orders for 100,000 copies of sheet music the next day and over 400,000 copies sold by Christmas. The song is often used to tell children that Santa knows when they've been bad or good and that they should be good.

The earliest known recorded version of the song was performed by George Hall and the Hotel Taft Orchestra (featuring Sonny Schuyler on vocals) in 1934. It was mostly an instrumental except for a 35-second vocal by Schuyler. The version shown in the Variety charts of December 1934 was Harry Reser featuring Tom Stacks on vocal. The song was a sheet music hit, reaching #1. The song was also recorded on September 26, 1935, by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra [1].

The song is a traditional standard at Christmas time, and has been covered by numerous recording artists. In 1970 Rankin-Bass produced an hour-long animated television special based on the song, with narrator Fred Astaire telling the original story of Santa Claus. Artists that have made notable covers of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" include the following:

Aerosmith (Sung on Disney's popular show Lizzie McGuire)
Alan Jackson
Alice Cooper
All 4 One
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvino Rey with the King Sisters
Andrea Bocelli
Art Paul Schlosser did a parody called IRS is Coming to Town
The Beach Boys
B2K
Bianca Ryan
Bill Evans
Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
Bjorn Again
Bootsy's Rubber Band
Boston Pops Orchestra
The Brady Bunch on their 1970 album Christmas with The Brady Bunch
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (two versions, one of which is a popular radio version)
Bucky Covington
Burl Ives
The California Raisins
The Carpenters
The Cheetah Girls
Chicago
Chris Isaak and Stevie Nicks
CKY
The Crystals
Cyndi Lauper with Frank Sinatra
Dave Brubeck
Dave Valentin
David Benoit
Destiny's Child
Diana Ross
Dolly Parton
Dokken
Elaine Paige on her 1986 album Christmas
Ella Fitzgerald
Emma Roberts
Faith Hill
Fourplay
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
Frank Sinatra
Fred Astaire(Sung in 1970 Christmas special, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town)
Gene Autry
Ginette Reno (in French as Père Noël arrive ce soir)
Girl Authority
Gnarkill (Alternative cover)
George Strait
Green Day
Hampton String Quartet
Hi-5
Hilary Duff
The Jackson 5
Jackie Gleason
James Taylor
Jimmy McGriff
Johnny Mathis
Joseph Spence
The Judds
Katy Garbi
Kate Smith
The Kidsongs Kids on their "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" video and DVD
Larry Groce the album Disney's Christmas Favourites.
Lawrence Welk
Lena Horne
Lonestar
Luis Miguel (sung in Spanish)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mandy Moore
Manhattan Transfer
Mariah Carey
Melanie Safka
Merle Haggard
McFly
Michael Bolton
Michael Martin Murphy
Miley Cyrus
Mitch Miller and the Gang
Nat King Cole
Natalie Grant
Neil Diamond
The Oak Ridge Boys
Ozzie Nelson
Patricia Barber
The Partridge Family
Peggy Lee
Perry Como
The Pointer Sisters
Randy Travis
Ray Charles
Ray Conniff Singers
The Reverend Horton Heat
Richard Clayderman
Rosemary Clooney
Shark Island
Slade
Smothers Brothers
Stephanie McIntosh
Steve Rushton
Sugarcult
The Supremes
Connie Talbot ( 2008 and 2009)
The Temptations
The Two
Tommy Dorsey
Tony Bennett
TVXQ
Vanessa Amorosi
Vince Gill
Vonzell Solomon
Woody Herman
Wynonna
Mariah Carey recorded her version of the song for her holiday album Merry Christmas (1994), and in 2005 (see 2005 in music), a re-recording co-produced by Jermaine Dupri was included on the album's anniversary re-release and released as a CD single with the purchase of the 2005 DVD of the 1970s film Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. In Merry Madagascar, a different version of the song was featured as "Santa Claus is Comin to Madagascar", written by David Soren and performed by Danny Jacobs, who also voices King Julien in the special.

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[joeisal01]

Santa Claus is coming to Town. :-D

[Sarentai]

thanks so much for adding this! My tape that had it is dying and I've been trying to find it, so thanks! This is the best version.